Jon Kabat-Zinn: Coming to Our Senses

[ZenPapageno]

We're indebted to him for starting the mindfulness therapy revolution, but he's not its most articulate exponent.  I suggest the book Mindful Way Through Depression by the MBCT researchers or Marsha Linehan, who developed DBT.

[distractionxx]

Very enjoyable thank you

[KIPPUSS]

Fabulous grassroots Jon l would visit this iTunes video almost daily, YOU ARE JUST DOWN TO EARTH, plus CALL A SPADE A SPADE THANKYOU. THE WORLDS A MUCH BETTER PLACE FOR YOUR MINDFULNESS WHICH OPENLY YOU SHARE. A TRUE TREASURE IS PRACTICAL & SIMPLICITY BEST WISHES SAMBO

[tonygunshow19]

good vid!

[hongkongtennis]

i am a big fan of jon. this is one of his least cohesive talks. if you are looking for a better one try the google tech talks

[KabbalahWestCoast]

@hongkongtennis whatevs its all good...why diss WTF a hole kong kong king kong loveugodbless tj kabbalah matthewshepard madonnalicious

[engkowsari]

فارسی زبانان عزیز

شرح کامل ذهن آگاهی به زبان فارسی یا همان

mindfulness

به همراه

آموزش فارسی یادگیری زبان دوم بر اساس روش ذهن آگاهی یا

mindful learning

توسط مهندس فرامرز کوثری در وب سایت زیر موجود می باشد

h t t p://mindfulness.b l o g s k y.c o m

فاصله های خالی را حذف کنید تا آدرس سایت درست شود

[AFFIRMATIONS1]

THANKS

[johnnyfree333]

Very well done, Jon.

Extremely moving.

Thank you.

[relaplaces]

Enjoy meditation with nature on our channel.

[nycballer4life]

great

[pglso]

it was Socrates who could have been Aristotle's grand pappy

[diekontrolleure]

@pglso and platons daddy

[thinkahol]

We get to experience Jon beginning around 7:18 mark.

Thumb up for us impatient folk.

[kewldude1958]

I'm beginning to lose interest at 6 minutes and 37 seconds and where is Jon?

[CindiSilvaTeaches]

Interesting.

[grota66]

@CindiSilvaTeaches , Sure is interesting. I guess every moment is worthy.

[CindiSilvaTeaches]

Interesting

[layingdownall]

listening with my bones hurts due my arthritis - so deeply enjoyed and learned

[nickfortino]

How fortunate we are to live during an age in which we have easy access to such inspiring talks. I truly believe that people will look back on this era and say that mindfulness saved humanity. Beautiful.

[MrGrevy]

@nickfortino You are a disgrace. Mindfulness is NOT supposed to save anyone.

[HowlDono]

intro speaker zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[jonakeeton1]

This is about advanced training in the Art of Living....Cultivating intimacy by inhabiting our own awareness.

[dbslc6]

This simple truth shows us to how to exist without the conflict of striving for an identity, or living under the illusion that we are or have to be this or that. Acknowledging and accepting that we are a separate existence from our thoughts is the ultimate challenge to the human mind.

If we can understand that the ability to step outside of our conscious thoughts and disown what we consider to be our identity, is to free ourselves from all our inner conflicts.

The human society that we live

[paleopaladin]

His reading of Walcott's "Love After Love" from 20:55-22:05 is actually the best reading of it anywhere on youtube.

[kuapo]

Here too, you'll find that many many people are more focused on how great Jon is, instead of how great his message is. Why is that? This complete blindness?

It's more as if his message serves to enhance his status and position in society (even if he might not have that intention), more than it serves to really help other people see things for themselves.

[jayhen14]

@kuapo: I agree. I find myself doing it to. I ask why. I think people (or at least I do) see something in him as well as his message. This guy has something "figured out" and I think it gets people excited. It's not a bad thing. I think it can actually be good if realize it. This dude that I've never met has helped with my life in so many ways. We live in a pretty cool world

Not necessarily complete blindness

"not always so"

[kuapo]

@jayhen14 I don't think it's bad if it gets you excited about the message, but after the excitement has passed, you're left with nothing but the application of that message, because you can't do anything with the messenger but to worship him. Which is pretty useless to begin with.

"Not always so"... Shunryu Suzuki, right? :)

Another one of those messengers. I'm glad they're here.

[kuapo]

I find introductions to always be so manipulative.

Just focus on the content... not the medium.

[rawyogi]

Jon Kabat-Zinn is awesome, a Zen master for the 21st century modern western scientific community

[entity3sf]

Very enjoyable. Thank you for posting this. 

[mossberg451]

yea if so many christians believe in a powerful savior why do so many of them go to the hospitals fo thier physical ailments and body problems why dont they call on jesus or god to heal there pain they say pray for others but it does no good you have to take action for yourself dont depend on some non seeable force to do it for you

[mossberg451]

1 he says the bible says you have to meditate on gods word and nothing else which if he does i dont see no results and he continues to take vicodin and tylenol which does more pain than good to the body he said happiness doesnt come from meditation the bible only ha

[mossberg451]

my uncle gets headaches all the time someone suggested him taken up meditation to heal the headaches he said he wasnt doin it out of ignorance cause of the bible he thinks its of the devil i tried to tell him jesus meditated he said i was wrong he prayed not meditated

[robbolton]

If you would like to understand more about mindfulness I would sign up to a 10 day Vipassana course as taught by S N Goenka, to really understand mindfulness you have to experience it, not try to learn it in an intellectual way. There is a universal consciousness which is shifting towards mindfulness.

[likemusicwhat]

I think that mindfulness meditation and mindfulness in general could be taught at schools with critical thinking skills at the same time, though they may seem a litle bit opposite.

but they are not. we need critical thinking skills in this society of information and we need mindfulness in this society of materialism and blind to the mind.

[hawstom]

Wow. Thanks for posting. Indeed, his manner shows his respect and deep understanding of the subject. It's inspiring. By the end of the talk, my blinds and window were open and I was watching and listening to the delightful world outside.

[1888junkteam]

excellent worker!

[addernoir01]

My life is benefitting immensely from being able to hear this.

[TheDaddyCokes]

Thanks for posting! Fantastic (as always with JKZ).

[addernoir01]

Another brilliant video from John. This is so good! Thanks!

[okono77]

Something about the sound quality that is not so good as the sound quality of the one who introduced the speaker. I have a great deal of respect for Dr. Kabot-Zinn. Seems to be very much in touch with the Aura of the self, as he so profoundly puts it: "...the aura of yourself..."

[CR0SSHARP]

Very thoughtful human being

[ion1984]

its pretty obvious this guy has something figured out that most people never do? look at him, listen to him talk... you think so?

[lildavey09]

What an amazing video, thank you John for you commitment to the cultivation of peace! Some of these comments surprise me in lieu of the video . Are these comments mindful? I don't believe so. When being mindful, one is less prone to react, defend, or attack. Being mindful really has nothing to do with religion. I wager that our "happy moments" are moments of attention, mindfulness, and appreciation. Mindfulness being the key. Just my 2 cents! Happy Holidays!

[phaedra528]

Cheers to the last comment! Nothing here is in conflict with Christianity...just a conflict with shallow, uninformed, ignorant and uneducated minds!

[LinktothepastZ]

OcultOprah, I sense that you didn't watch more than 5 minutes to this talk. Your messiah told: "Kingdom of God is within you".

Jon Kabat-Zinn is telling just the same thing, coming back to your heart, being yourself in this very moment.

[emma8906]

i don't agree with you he is a budist and through his work he has helped thousands of people including me you sound like a religous fanatic.

[OcultOprah]

here we have the new age substitute for Holy GOD - now ~slithering into people's lives. This man is an error ridden self christ=using made up stuff to dismiss any reality of The Triune God. He thinks he's 'awakened'....when he is influenced by the same old evil spirit that appeared in the original garden. You cannot find any = GOD here. Jesus told us - "I come to being you THE TRUTH"....& this man is here to teach just the opposite. His secular "progression" will eventually - fail=self-christ101

[mattlambrecht]

ever thought maybe the people who made up that stuff were trying to control you by seperating you from an actual spiritual experience? cause thats my conspiracy theory. rather than the new age stuff being evil, the vatican has been working to surpress this stuff to keep your third eye closed. and another question why don't jews and muslims believe in the triune god? you do realize the monotheistic concept of a triune god is more like hinduism than the torah, right?

[OcultOprah]

...more new age miss=oracles that demand more made up stuff & a defense to keep sin filled immoral people feeling they can always keep this evil lifestyle and ignore God! This is about a = relationship with Holy God. "The vatican" did not have any Dan Brown fake fairy tales pretended out - to allow you to say that Scripture is a "conspiracy".....lol!.......Ho­ly Scripture has the power and tells us it will rule and reign and be fulfilled until Christ returns for those who are = HIS! new age=ZERO!

[frepi]

THis is not new age, it old age. Mindfulness is a buddhist meditation practice and Buddhism is older than Christianity. Kabt-Zinn speaks of openess and clarity. Keep your taliban extremism to yourself

[ChunderChunk]

Am I to assume all these thumb down comments are a christian going on about how this is the work of the devil? I thought christianity was meant to be tolerant?

[mattlambrecht]

LOL Dan Brown? That's a FICTION novel. There are conspiracy theories based on actual facts. He just took the real conspiracy theories and switched everything up to write a book. And why do you assume that every other religion is sinful? Have you ever read Hindu or Buddhist texts? That's where the New Age stuff comes from and they all have similar morals to Christianity.But they don't use Jesus' death as an excuse to sin. And they don't have fake "morals" like gaybashing and murdering "infidels".

[mattlambrecht]

I'm not saying you shouldn't believe in Jesus or follow your religion, but you shouldn't attack and persecute others. Until I see mass persecution of Christians by the UN I'm not buying this whole wacky revelations theory. The "Order" and the Rothschilds are not cool enough to actually talk to Satan lol. I'm pretty sure there is no Satan, they are just smart, tricky, greedy, capitalist, asshole bastards. lol. Oh and another question about Christianity, why doesn't God just kill Satan?

[OcultOprah]

...that is all this entire New Age godless clueless cult is! = an action to destroy all Christians and Jews! Same crowd in Jesus day. Now updated for = 2009! Another demon. Another day. Another dogma to take your mind, soul and spirit away from Holy GOD. ps = Satan is already sentenced to The Lake Of Fire = God is allowing those who would seek HIM to repent and be included in Heaven. It says in Scripture = GOD is ~longsuffering~ so whosoever will, can be saved until such a time no one else cares

[CelticAndProud]

oh shut up with your fire and brimstone talk. you don't scare anyone into following you, you're just a laugh to those who don't believe.

[OcultOprah]

for NOW! ........

[CelticAndProud]

people before you were, people like you still are, and people like you will continue to be for as long as you preach your fairy tales from your high horse. keep your belief to yourself and don't condemn me for mine. simple, end of.

[CelticAndProud]

im ranting about you cos you're a douchebag. this vid is about appreciating life and everything in it, and you're here preaching about the lake of sulphur people who don't believe will get chucked into. i don't believe in god, i don't fear eternal damnation, and if any great creator can't understand and appreciate my beliefs, and the beliefs of billions of others that are the same, then they don't deserve any praise or worship.

[memama2]

good luck - immoral life of self and a godless end ......you like it like that ~

[CelticAndProud]

look at the PM i sent you and you'll see my response to that. stop posting comments here trying to look like you're getting the last word and winning the argument, you're not fooling anyone

[Againstthestream08]

Interesting. You speak of Dogma, but you fail to see that of which you follow yourself. The Dogma you follow is so instilled in you that you do not realize that you are spewing it all over the place with your words and actions. Peace and Love.

[ChunderChunk]

Your mind is profoundly poisoned by religion. I feel for you, I really do. I hope one day you will find solitude from the unfounded fear of eternal damnation you so obviously feel.

[ChunderChunk]

You have no ideal. Mindfulness meditation is older than Christianity. It's also real and can be experienced directly, unlike your fictitious religion.

Your religion is supposed to be tolerant and yet you almost wish eternal suffering on people.

Mindfulness is scientifically proven to work, brain scans prove this. Mindfulness is beginning to give me a life I never thought possible, no worship, no preaching or forcing others, just being.

[ChunderChunk]

Mindfulness is teaching me to cope with a deep depression i've had for years, something more than god ever done.

[resteep]

11:00 hits it...

[nikkerbockers]

sounds like you like being pedantic

[Holydesk]

Too abstract.. I am finding it hard to summarize key takeaways :)

[jpkushin]

I hate to be pedantic, but it is Socrates who says "the unexamined life is not worth living" in Plato's *Apology*.

I am learning more about mindfulness. It is helpful in dealing with OCD, which I suffer from.

[canadianmaple09]

He says the same things in every single lecture he gives, and he uses the same poems, etc.

[yggseleaf]

Would a band not play the same songs at every gig? Do teachers radically change the way they lecture every time they do? Whilst talking about a subject multiple times, in multiple locations, you only really need to switch some stuff up. Radically changing the "routine" would require a change in topic.

[TheDaddyCokes]

so do most good teachers. He teaches Mindfulness not the Encyclopedia.

[ToListen]

I've listened to Jon's "Minfulness Meditation" CD. Thanks for posting this video, but I think you should have tagged it with more relevant words, e.g. mindfulness, meditation, psychology, etc...

[RedstoneRocket]

Besides listening to this remarkeble man, I can truly recommend everyone to start practising Mindfulness! Thank you for posting this video! I'm watching from the Netherlands and not able (immediatedly) to visit this man in person. So thanks again!

[rajamajnoon]

Simply wonderful! This world needs more Kabat-Zins!

[greatbydesign33]

@rajamajnoon No - this world needs more people to be themselves. Unique and special to who THEY are.

[Kikoo27]

I can go on and on listening to this wonderful man. He did and still does a lot for people.

Thank you so much for posting this video.

[gandalf117]

wonderful man? really? lol

[luckymegjhm]

I found this information very understandable and approachable. Jon Kabat-Zinn is a fabulous teacher and guide.I am looking forward to practicing this information.

[youwhatnow]

Heh heh. Everyone in this video is a genius but it's only had 2,200 views. I got 7,000 for driving my car. There's no hope for humans!

[semiliteratedgod]

omg @ 40:03

probably too much meditation kills the brain eventually

[azmv3]

Another example of why we are all indebted to this gifted and profoundly generous man.